I just think that in a near future there will only be two kind of "Real Amiga" users:

The ones that will play it like it was (the more time passes the less they are), and the ones that will play an "emulated Amiga" using "vintage+ultimate -Fpga-" hardware.

Of course, as we all know, in a distance future all will be emulation, and after that all of this hardware will only rest/be at Wikipedia +

Some Amiga hardware is 30 years old and still working. Most Amiga hardware is 25 years old and still working. I think they'll run another 30 years, so I'm not worried about it really.
Oh, and real hardware all the way for me. Emulation has it's uses, but real hardware is where it's at for me.

I will do whatever I can to keep my A1200 alive, tho I will probarly buy the Apollo whenever its released; for the increased performance. A 030 with 2+16 megabytes of ram Is just a tad too slow. A soundcard for mp3 playback and 060 for overall performance would have sufficed, but the price and age of such hardware make me a Apollo customer for sure.

I got Amiga Forever/Amikit, and its a brilliant software package. But for some reason I switch on the much slower A1200 instead of emulation.
The tactile assosiation is hard to beat I guess.

My A1200 is 23 years young. Other than the keyboard and the floppy drive it worked perfectly when I brought it out of storage a couple of years ago. In those two years I've upgraded it with a better accelerator, an indivision aga 2, internet access and a cf hard-drive plus a bunch of other bits and bobs. It's a living, breathing machine with a whole host of new, modern hardware being developed for it. Some of the stuff on the horizon (fpga, prism megamix) looks really exciting and I bet there aren't many 'retro' computer systems which can boast such a wide ranging and useful range of addons being produced over 2 decades after it was launched

The problem is the Amiga software scene is not nearly as healthy. There are very few (if any) AAA pieces of software being developed, either in the way of productivity or games. From a software PoV it's going nowhere fast and we all get along for the most part with the same software that we used in the 90s.

For me that's what makes novacoder's conversions so interesting. Ok it's old software but it gives us new stuff to play with. In the absence of the big software houses paying any attention to an old computer which is only preserved by well meaning, diehard enthusiasts, this will have to suffice. And it does nicely!

It's a shame we can't pay nova and talented people like him to convert a bunch of other games for our beloved amigas. Half Life and Magic Carpet and syndicate wars anyone?

Hi NovaCoder,
first of all I wish to thank you once again for your great work!

Yesterday night, I tried the new version (1.07) but it doesn't work on my configuration.

I have OS 3.9, a Blizzard 1260/66 and an Indivision AGA mk2. As soon as I double-click on the executable the screen tries to switch to a different resolution then the system freezes and the screen turns black.

With the previous version (1.06) I had graphical glitches so I am using the version 1.04 that works perfectly.

I'm telling you that in the hope that it would be helpful to you for a new upgrade.
Thanks again!

I have OS 3.9, a Blizzard 1260/66 and an Indivision AGA mk2. As soon as I double-click on the executable the screen tries to switch to a different resolution then the system freezes and the screen turns black.

There a easy way - put in the binary code driver monitor PAL and NTSC as it does in demos TBL (Mikael Kalms)

( start without startup-sequence automatic detection of AGA and not to use the system monitor driver )